Floor cushions for airplane use and the like



March 28, 1961 i J. E. MILLER 2,976,914

FLOOR CUSHIONS FOR AIRPLANE USE AND THE LIKE Filed May 6, 1959 INVENTOR JACOB E. MILLER BY SvW ATTORNEY FLOOR `CUSHIONS FOR LANE USE AND THE LiKE Jacob E. Miller, Baltimore, Md., assigner to C. R. Daniels, Inc., Daniels, Md., a corporation of New York Filed May 6, 1959, ser. No. 811,459 2 Claims. (ci. rss- 170) This invention relates to oor cushions and related articles, particularly useful on airplanes.

On airplanes, under-seat oor cushions are generally supplied for passenger comfort. But there is no convenient way of anchoring them in any set position. Not only does movement of the cushion defeat its usefulness, but such cushions can on occasion constitute a hazard.

One of the objects of the present invention is to provide cushions particularly useful on airplanes which can be tentatively anchored in any desired position while still retaining maneuverability.

Further objects include such cushions which will anchor themselves in combination with existing airplane elements, particularly carpeting.

Other objects will appear from the more detailed description set forth below, it being understood that said description is given by way of illustration and explanation only, and not by way of limitation, since various changes therein may be made by those skilled in the art without departing from the scope and spirit of the present invention.

In connection with that description, the drawing shows the following:

Figure 1 is a perspective view of a cushion and chair in accordance with the present invention.

Figure 2 is a fragmentary sectional view on line 2--2 of Figure 1, showing in detail the hooked pile fabric strip carried on the cushion.

Figure 3 is a combination of a rug carrying a hooked pile fabric strip attached thereto positioned in engagement with the pile of a cushion.

Figure 4 is a fragmentary detail of Figure 3, the carpet having a looped pile.

Figure 5 is a perspective detail of the carpet having a hooked pile insert.

Figure 6 is a sectional view of the carpet of Figure 5 attached to a cushion.

In accordance with the present invention, a cushion type article is combined in use with a pile carpet type article so that the cushion is movably anchored on the carpet. This result is obtained by one of the articles carrying a hooked pile fabric strip secured thereto with the hooked pile fabric exposed and the other article having a pile surface for engagement with the hooked pile fabric strip to hold the articles together, but in separable position.

The exposed pile fabric may vary in character and may be an ordinary pile fabric or a looped pile fabric or a hooked pile fabric giving successively greater interlocking eiect depending on the use of the combination to be employed. The hooked pile fabric strip may be placed on the cushion of the combination or on the carpet of the combination while the other element of combination may have any of the other pile fabric types. Where the carpet carries a hooked pile fabric, this may consist of any usual type of carpet having an insert for the carpet which insert has the exposed hooked pile fabric strip or one or more such strips. By use of an iIlSert of this character, such insert may be attached by 2,975,914 Patented Mar. 2S, 1961 stitching or cement or in any other way, so that only a relatively small area of the carpet need have such insert. If the carpet is of large area covering substantial space, the effective interlocking pile fabric strip may be placed in any repetitive pattern, such as a strip on the carpet beneath each seat, so that a cushion may be releasably attached beneath each seat.

On the other hand, where the cushion carries the hooked pile fabric' strip, the latter will be exposed for contact with the pile of the carpet and separable attachment being obtained of any number of cushions in any repetitive pattern desired. The type of hooked pile fabric rstrips employed may use any of the types available on the market, for example, as shown in United States Patents Nos. 2,717,437 and 2,820,277. I'he cooperating strip element for use in cooperation with the hooked pile fabric may be any of the types shown in said patents or otherwise available on the market. For some purposes, a fabric material having any pile adapted to co operate with a hooked pile fabric for cooperation therewith under pressure contact is usable and in many uses, an ordinary straight pile will give substantial interlocking though the special cooperating piles such as looped or hooked piles may be used for more effective interlocking contact. The drawing illustrates a variety of species of application of the invention.

The drawing illustrates these various features of invention. Figure l is a perspective view showing a cushion anchored on a rug beneath a chair.

`Cushion 1 carryingl an achoring element (not visible) is anchored on rug 2 below chair or seat 3. The arrangement may include any of -the arrangements referred to herein. Thus as shown in Figure 2, cushion 1 has a hooked pile strip 4 attached at 5 to the undersurface 6 of the cushion. The hooked pile strip on the cushion engages within pile 7 of carpet 3 to hold the cushion in position thereon but from which it may be removed when desired.

As shown in Figure 3, hooked pile fabric strip 8 may be carried on rug 9 for engagement with pile 10 of the cushion 1. In the form shown in Figure 4, cushion 1 carries hooked pile fabric strip 11 which engages with looped pile 12 of rug 13 to give an interlocking arrangement that holds the cushion in place securely but enables it to be released when desired.

Figure 5 shows a perspective View of rug 14 carrying insert 15 having exposed hooked pile 16. This arrangement may be utilized as shown in Figure 6 so that pile fabric strip or surface 17 on cushion l will cooperate to give releasable anchoring of the cushion on the rug.

Having thus set forth my invention, I claim:

1. In combination with a supporting surface having a pile fabric covering thereon, a cushion having a pile fabric on its lower surface, one only of said pile fabrics being hooked whereby the cushion will be retained in adjusted position but will be readily movable when desired.

2. In combination, a footrest for use in an airplane, said airplane having a pile fabric covering on the interior oor surface thereof, said footrest being of relatively shallow depth and having a hooked pile strip attached to the lower surface thereof, said hooked pile fabric engaging the pile fabric of the oor covering to hold the footrest in place but readily movable thereon when desired.

References Cited in the lle of this patent UNITED STATES PATENTS 2,717,437 -De Mestral Sept. 13, 1955 2,748,838 Scholl June 5, 1956 2,820,277 Forster Jan. 2l, 1958 

